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020 _a9783319744780 (hbk)
035 _a(DE-He213)978-3-319-74479-7
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082 0 4 _a305.68244
_bVES
100 1 _aVerhoeven, Timothy.
245 0 0 _aSexual crime, religion and masculinity in fin-de-siecle France :
_bthe Flamidien affair /
_cby Timothy Verhoeven.
260 _aCham :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_cc2018.
300 _axi, 122 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c22 cm.
365 _aEuro
_b49.99
490 0 _aGenders and sexualities in history.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aThis book explores a vital though long-neglected clash between republicans and Catholics that rocked fin-de-siècle France. At its heart was a mysterious and shocking crime. In Lille in 1899, the body of twelve-year-old Gaston Foveaux was discovered in a school run by a Catholic congregation, the Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes. When his teacher, Frère Flamidien, was charged with sexual assault and murder, a local crime became a national scandal. The Flamidien Affair shows that masculinity was a critical site of contest in the War of Two Frances pitting republicans against Catholics. For republicans, Flamidien's vow of chastity as well as his overwrought behaviour during the investigation made him the target of suspicion; Catholics in turn constructed a rival vision of masculinity to exonerate the accused brother. Both sides drew on the Dreyfus Affair to make their case.
588 _aDescription based on publisher-supplied MARC data.
650 0 _aFlamidien, Frere
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
650 0 _aFoveaux, Gaston
_xDeath and burial.
650 0 _aCatholic Church
_zFrance
_xHistory
_y19th century.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tSexual crime, religion and masculinity in Fin-de-Siecle France.
_z9783319744780
_w(DLC) 2017964128
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783030090029
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776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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